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VietNamNet Bridge – The wave of Thai investment in Vietnam is not new. Decades ago, the Thais gained important development in Vietnam. Amata Group
Established in 1989, Amata Corporation Public Company Limited is Thailand’s largest listed conglomerate in the industrial estate sector of the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The company's headquarters are in Bangkok, Thailand and its Chief Executive Officer is Vikrom Kromadit. Amata Viet Nam was established in December 1994 as a joint venture of Amata Corporation and Sonadezi Bien Hoa, Vietnam, a state-owned developer of industrial estates in Dong Nai province. This is first Amata’s overseas integrated industrial estate. Strategically located on Highway No. 1, connecting the South and the North of Vietnam, Amata City Bien Hoa Industrial park proudly houses multinational corporations with a total investment of well over US$1.9 billion and a total workforce of more than 35,000 workers. After the success of Amata Bien Hoa, … [Read more...] about Thai giants who have been in Vietnam for decades

Programme promotes family's role in domestic violence prevention The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam Women's Union agreed to implement a programme to enhance the role of families in preventing domestic violence. The deal was signed by Minister Nguyen Ngoc Thien and President of the Union Nguyen Thi Thu Ha in Hanoi on November 21. The programme will be piloted in six provinces and cities across the nation, namely Ha Giang, Yen Bai, Quang Binh, Dak Lak, Tien Giang and HCM City. It aims to enhance awareness of the role of the family in educating attitudes, lifestyles and behaviours among family members, thus preventing domestic violence. It is also expected to help reduce the number of cases and the seriousness of domestic violence in the localities while utilising the resources of the two sectors to build happy families. Under the programme, legal documents will be completed to help women build happy families, with a focus on domestic violence prevention and … [Read more...] about Social News 23/11

US grants $1m to fight HIV/AIDS The US is providing nearly US$1 million for a two-year project to combat HIV/AIDS in southern Viet Nam, including HCM City. The programme, launched yesterday by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), focuses particularly on HCM City, Can Tho, and An Giang, where there is a high rate of HIV carriers and at-risk populations. Managed by NGO Centre for Promotion of Quality of Life, Community HIV Link will seek to strengthen the ability of local organisations to reach vulnerable populations and link them with appropriate HIV services. The centre said the programme sought to deliver community-based HIV/AIDS services to 4,000 high-risk people like injecting drug users, women sex workers, and men who had sex with men and to 2,000 people living with HIV. Rena Bitter, the US's consul in HCM City, said at the launch ceremony that in the past 10 years the US had provided financial and technical support to control HIV/AIDS across Viet Nam. In … [Read more...] about US grants $1m to fight HIV/AIDS

Decree stipulates business fee structure Organisations dealing in production and business activities, with a charter or investment capital of more than VND10 billion (US$444,440), must pay a business fee of VND3 million per year. This is stipulated by Decree No 139/2016/ND-CP which was issued on Tuesday and will take effect on January 1 next year. The decree requires organisations with a charter or investment capital of less than VND10 billion to pay a fee of VND2 million per year. For branches and representative offices of the organisations, or non-productive units, the annual fee is VND1 million. The decree states that individuals and households involved in production and business activities generating annual revenues of more than VND500 million must pay a fee of VND1 million per year. Individuals and households with annual revenues of VND300 million to VND500 million, are subject to a fee of VND500,000 per year. Those with annual revenues of VND100 million to VND300 million will pay … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 7/10

Cam Ranh airport security police established The Security Service yesterday announced a decision by the Minister of Public Security to establish Cam Ranh international airport security police in the south central province of Khanh Hoa. Formerly the airport security police was a part of the Immigration Division under the Khanh Hoa Police Department. At the event, Lt. Gen Vu Thanh Binh who is deputy head of the Security Service required the airport security police to quickly stabilize organization and work with Khanh Hoa police and authorized agencies to keep a close control of entry and exit of Vietnam. They have been asked to ensure transparent operation and close security at the airport. On this occasion, the Security Service announced another decision to appoint Mr. Nguyen Van Quan, deputy head of Noi Bai airport security police to the same post at Cam Ranh airport. A Hà Nội co-operative to refund $76,500 excess water bills The Triều Khúc agricultural production and services … [Read more...] about Social News 2/8

Gasoline burns kill 1, injure 4 A man was killed this morning and four relatives, including his 23-year-old wife, his seven-month-old son and his 40-day-old nephew, were seriously injured due to gasoline burns in Ea Phê Commune in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk. Ngô Đại Phong, deputy director of the Đắk Lắk General Hospital, said the man died five minutes after being taken to the hospital. The injured patients are being treated free of cost because they are from a poor household in the locality. According to the initial information, the man poured a can full of gasoline on his body and on the bed his four relatives were sleeping at 10pm yesterday. The motive for his act remains unknown. The local police are investigating the case. Thua Thien-Hue to prevent child labour abuse with Australia's support The central province of Thua Thien-Hue held a ceremony on June 10 to receive a project on preventing children from going to work far from home and child labour abuse. The … [Read more...] about Social News 11/6

Fuel prices up again after straight drops
Fuel wholesalers Friday increased fuel retailing prices for the first time after five consecutive price cuts beginning in May. But this time they raised prices by different amounts as they are now allowed to take the initiative in proposing price adjustments.
Taking effect since 10pm Friday, the increase saw prices of A92 gasoline and diesel oil supplied by Petrolimex, the country's largest fuel wholesaler, rise by VND400 a liter, and kerosene, VND300 a liter.
Meanwhile, PV Oil and Saigon Petro hiked prices of all fuel commodities by VND400 a liter, except for diesel oil.
In brief, A95 gasoline now fetches VND21,500 a liter, A92, VND21,000 a liter, diesel oil, VND20,300 a liter, and kerosene ranges from VND20,150 to VND20,250 a liter, depending on suppliers. (US$1 = VND20,800)
In late June, the Ministry of Finance released a document, stipulating that fuel wholesalers can propose fuel price adjustment through their own initiatives, … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/7

Vinmec injects in public health care
Vingroup, a leading domestic real estate developer, last week inaugurated the country's largest private international hospital in Hanoi, built in a record 10 months while other private-invested ones remain delayed.
Vingroup, a leading domestic real estate developer, last week received the congratulatory flowers from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as the firm inaugurated the country's largest private hospital in Hanoi.
Vinmec International General Hospital has been built in a record 10 months while other private-invested ones remain delayed.
The $100 million Vinmec International General Hospital will ease pressure on the overloaded health system and offer high-quality healthcare services for locals and foreigners.
Vinmec is located on a 2.5 hectare campus nearby Vingroup's Times City Urban Complex, comprising two basements, seven ground floors with 600 patient beds. It is six-fold bigger than the French Hospital of Hanoi.
The hospital has … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 10/1

Haiphong ranks second in FDI attraction
Over the past eight months, the northern port city of Haiphong has attracted over US$1.1 billion in new foreign direct investment (FDI) ranking second in the country after Binh Duong province in the south.
The city issued licenses for 20 new FDI projects, capitalizing at US$1 billion, and approved 18 existing projects registering to increase an additional of US$77.46 million.
Of the total value, 97 percent comes from Japan, mainly for high-tech industry projects.
Most notable are the US$547.8 million Bridgestone rubber tire company, the US$250 million Nipro Pharma Vietnam and the US$199 million Fuji Xerox Haiphong.
General Electric Vietnam registered the biggest increase in capital with US$43 million.
However, several projects have had to reduce their investment or stop operations. One cut US$47.192 million in capital, two were dissolved ahead of schedule, three were merged, another ran out of operation time, and four more had their … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 3/9

ACB Bank, Standard Chartered ink MOU for VIP clients', cardholders' sake
Vietnam's Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) and Britain's Standard Chartered Bank on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding on adding more benefits to the Vietnamese bank's VIP customers and Visa Platinum cardholders.
The deal enables the VIP customers and Visa Platinum cardholders to get benefits and services Standard Chartered provides for its Priority Banking clients, with nine customer service centers in Malaysia and three others in Singapore.
The signatories were Ly Xuan Hai, chief executive officer of Ho Chi Minh City-based ACB and Ajay Kanwal, Standard Chartered's Southeast Asia head of consumer banking.
Experts predict exponential growth of Vietnam's rice exports
Exponential growth of rice exports from Vietnam last two decades augurs well for the nation's food security as well as the world, said experts at a conference in the Mekong delta province of Soc Trang yesterday ( Nov. 9). … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 16/11